In case of doubt, the German version of this privacy policy prevails.
COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung (hereinafter “cogito.consulting”) strictly complies with all relevant data protection regulations, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This policy applies to the website datenschutz.beauftragter.net.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung, Am Dreisberg 8, 33617 Bielefeld, Germany, telephone: +49 40 209 528 90, info@cogito.consulting.
If you have any questions about data protection, please write to us at the above postal address, marked “Datenschutz”, or at datenschutz@cogito.consulting.
2. Accessing the website
Each time this website is accessed, usage data is transmitted by the respective internet browser and stored in log files, the so-called server log files. The records stored contain the date and time of access, the name of the page accessed, the truncated IP address, the referrer URL, the amount of data transferred and product and version information of the browser used. The truncated IP addresses are deleted or anonymised after seven days. This data is not merged with other data sources.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject prevail. Our interest lies in the secure and stable operation of the website.
3. No cookies, no tracking
This website sets no cookies and integrates no analytics, tracking or advertising services. Consent under section 25 TDDDG is therefore not required and no consent banner is used. All resources — fonts, graphics and scripts — are served from this website’s own server. No connection is made to content delivery networks or other third parties.
Links to other websites are the exception: if you follow such a link, the privacy policy of the website you reach applies.
4. Contact form
If you use the contact form, we process the details you provide — name, company, email address, telephone number and your enquiry — solely in order to handle your enquiry. Name, email address and enquiry are mandatory; all other details are optional.
Enquiries made through this website are transmitted to COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung at info@cogito.consulting. If your enquiry turns out to be a legal matter, we will agree any referral to the law firm cogito.legal with you beforehand.
The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a contract, and otherwise on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
To protect against automated submissions, the form contains an arithmetic question and a field that is invisible to humans. No personal data is transmitted to third parties in this process, no cookies are set and no third-party service is used.
5. Data security
Your data is transmitted in encrypted form. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system. Furthermore, we protect our websites and other IT systems through technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons.
6. Recipients of personal data
Your personal data is only passed on to third parties where this is necessary to handle your enquiry or to perform a contract, where you have consented, or where there is a legal basis for the transfer. For the operation of this website and our email systems we use service providers as processors: QualityHosting AG, Uferweg 40-44, 63571 Gelnhausen, Germany (Exchange server), domainfactory GmbH, Oskar-Messter-Str. 33, 85737 Ismaning, Germany (server hosting and IT support) and webgo GmbH, Heidenkampsweg 81, 20097 Hamburg, Germany (website hosting).
7. Duration of data storage
We delete your data as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes stated, unless further retention is required by law. Enquiries that do not lead to a contractual relationship are deleted at the latest six months after they are made. In all other respects, the statutory documentation and retention obligations apply, arising among others from the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) and the German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung); the retention periods amount to up to ten full years.
8. Data subject rights
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, data subjects have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about their personal data stored by us, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. A right to restriction of processing and a right to data portability may also exist.
If you have given us consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future. If we process your data to safeguard legitimate interests, you may object to that processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
You also have the option of contacting a data protection supervisory authority (right to lodge a complaint).